thirty-eight will restore the education cuts from sacramento. so remember this number. >> the title of the american league west road on the outcome of today's game in texas, if the a's win their two games out and they lose a drop for back, you do the math. hoping another rookie pitcher could come through, but he struggled from the get go, the leadoff batter hit his seventh leadoff home run of the season. one/zero. the a's scored five in the first, today was texas giving payback, five of their own. one inning issuing a lengthy apology on twitter after the game, these aides have no quick, 9/4, going deep, and then josh read a, hit two home runs, the a's deficit at this point is just two games but they could not quite get over the hump in the ninth inning. joe nathan strikes out, they ended and the a's lose 9/7 fishing boat road trip at 4/6. the fall for behind the rangers. but the angels lost today so oakland maintains a two game lead in that wild-card standings to get into the playoffs. since he is recovering from shoulder surgery, dallas braden